hotfootblog.com - 5/20/2008
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Its funny how now that the Mets have taken two games from the Yankees over the weekend that what was perceived by many in the media as a firestorm in the form of Billy Wagner’s locker room comments is now being framed by the same media members as the fire the Mets needed to get back on track.
Wagner's Comments
globalnym.blogspot.com 5/19/2008 — Before I even get into this non-sense, I want to go back to Monday's 10-4 loss to the last place Washington Nationals. The expectations were high for the Mets to take at least 3 out of 4 from the pathetic Nats. However, the tables were turned, and the Mets dropped 3 of 4 instead and fell to a mere 20-19. Then we saw the New York media once again calling for Willie's job, pointing out that the ...
Harper: Meet the Mets' runway train
nydailynews.com 5/19/2008 — Was this really all the Mets needed to transform themselves into a powerhouse again, Billy Wagner forcing a clear-the-air meeting that seems to have given this team a more determined approach to the daily grind of playing baseball?
WhatifsportsMLB Power Rankings - May 19
whatifsports.com 5/19/2008 — The Cubs ride Soriano's hot streak all the way to the #1 ranking. The Rays and Rangers make a move into the Top 10 while the Yankees and Dodgers drop out. See where your favorite team ranks! Only statistical performance to date this season is used and each team is simulated against every other team 100 times.
Mets sign Nunez to minor-league deal
nydailynews.com 5/20/2008 — The Mets have signed former Phillie Abraham Nunez to a minor-league deal and assigned him to Triple-A New Orleans. Nunez, 32, hit .234 in 136 games for the Phillies in 2007. The infielder was recently released by Milwaukee.
Pedro looks good in tune up
nydailynews.com 5/20/2008 — PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - Roger Rubin here and I bring you tidings of great joy from Tradition Field. Pedro Martinez pitched to hitters in an extended spring training game tonight and could be fast-tracked back to the majors.
The three-time Cy Young ...
Delgado shows signs of life —
Newsday.com - Mets 5/19/2008
Whether Billy Wagner directly fingered him or not, this
week was not the first time this season that Carlos Delgado had been accused of disappearing on his team. Instead of vanishing from the clubhouse, as Wagner alluded to in Thursday's outburst, ...
Mets show life in Bronx romp —
NYDailyNews.com - Baseball 5/19/2008
Two days after a team meeting to clear the air following Billy Wagner's critical comments of his teammates, the Mets swept a rain-shortened series at Yankee Stadium to rebound from losing three of four to the last-place Nationals.